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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "Cora Unashamed" - "The Blues I'm Playing".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What two adjectives are part of the poem titled using two words prior to the title's final word, "freedom" (67)?
(a) Words like.
(b) Mighty sad.
(c) Long laboring.
(d) Little old.

2. Mrs. Ellsworth declares her intention to get Oceola out of what?
(a) Debt.
(b) Poverty.
(c) Harlem.
(d) Her depression.

3. What element is said to be useless to "one who will not live" (132) within the poem "Junior Addict"?
(a) Sunshine.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Rain.
(d) Water.

4. Who removes Cora from the scene of Jessie's funeral?
(a) Male members of the Studevant family.
(b) Willie.
(c) Female members of the Studevant family.
(d) Josephine.

5. What is the name of the young man in Oceola's life who is studying to be a doctor?
(a) Pete.
(b) Bill.
(c) Jess.
(d) John.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of job does Mary Lulu Jackson tell her mother she would like to have?

2. What type of literary device is used throughout the poem entitled "Joy"?

3. What type of business had the speaker of the poem "Madam's Past History" run for a while before moving on to a different business?

4. What is Mrs. Art Studevant's response when Cora tells her that Jessie is pregnant?

5. What is NOT a theme depicted in the poem entitled "Freedom's Plow"?

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